Battery and Battery Hub

[Murderer]

Got some batteries in from Newegg a couple days ago, went to put them on the charging hub and noticed one of them wasn't charging when attached to the hub but will charge if connected to the charger as a single battery. Has anyone had a similar problem? Did I miss something here?

 

[Kilrah]

Is its firmware up to date?

 

[Murderer]

Battery firmware? I'm not following you. The MP and Controller are up to date.

 

[generaltso]

Is it the only batter on the hub? Only one will charge at a time.

 

[Murderer]

That's exactly what I was looking for. Whew! at least it's not a defective battery, just a defective user. Got 2 batteries in and got excited to charge them at the same time, lol.

 

[dsd317]

I read somewhere where they said to attach batteries to hub first...then plug in the charger. In other words, maybe there is a sequence we have to follow. I'm not sure because I just got my hub recently but haven't flown enough to use it yet.

 

[generaltso]

The sequence of plugging things in doesn't matter. Whichever battery has the most power left in it will charge first, then the next, and so on.

 

[Orionthehunter]

So If I have 3 batteries on at once only one charges at a time? That seems odd

 

[msinger]

So If I have 3 batteries on at once only one charges at a time?

Yes.

 

[generaltso]

So If I have 3 batteries on at once only one charges at a time? That seems odd

I'm not sure I'd call it odd. I'd rather have it charge one at a time at full power than charge 4 simultaneously at 25% power each.

If you want to charge 3 at once, you could go with one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MQSI3SU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Rick A]

Charging is pretty quick, the hub makes it easy. It does only charge one battery at a time so not to worry. I think there are a lot of people out there who make the same assumption and start to panic when there is only one battery showing as charging....

 

[witnessthefunk]

I'm not sure I'd call it odd. I'd rather have it charge one at a time at full power than charge 4 simultaneously at 25% power each.

If you want to charge 3 at once, you could go with one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MQSI3SU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Does anyone have experience with that charger? Does it void the warranty if the battery develops issues?


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[msinger]

Does it void the warranty if the battery develops issues?

DJI will not honor their warranty if you damage a battery with a 3rd party battery charger. With that said, I rarely see people mentioning DJI battery issues that were caused by using a 3rd party battery charger. This battery charger is fairly new, but many Phantom owners have had good success with similar battery chargers manufactured by the same company.

 

[chazzm]

So If I have 3 batteries on at once only one charges at a time? That seems odd

One note on that is that the hub charger only uses I believe 2amps to charge, however the car charger is 6amps so you can charge the batteries faster in the car or from a 10 amp 12 volt table top setup!


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[Helo]

The mulit-charger does have firmware update capabilities, Read the download to see how to connect it.

 

[msinger]

The mulit-charger does have firmware update capabilities

True, but DJI has not released an update for it yet.

 

[Col@Medlow]

True, but DJI has not released an update for it yet.

How will owners of the multi charger be informed of future updates?


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[Ravenix]

Hi

DJI has just released the mavic advanced charging hub. This is said to be compatible with the phantom 4 charger. The below are the theoretical charge times that DJI has released with it.

(Four Batteries): 4 hrs 10 mins (Mavic Charger); 3 hrs 15 mins (Mavic Car Charger); 2 hrs 30 mins (Phantom 4 Charger / Car Charger)

What I want to know is if someone has both phantom chargers whether it be the normal or car charger, paired it to charge the mavic batteries, would you achieve the phantom 4 charger theoretical rate of charge.

What I dont know is whether the theoretical values released above for the phantoms are only for phantoms.

If someone has both and could give it a go that would be great as a almost 2 hour drop in charge time would be great on road trips or being on the go.

 

[dsd317]

I ordered the advance hub last week Friday, but not sure when it will be here. I've already emailed DJI, but we all know how that goes.

Have you read through here to find your answer: Advanced charging hub

 

[Ravenix]

I ordered the advance hub last week Friday, but not sure when it will be here. I've already emailed DJI, but we all know how that goes.

Have you read through here to find your answer: Advanced charging hub

Yes I have but couldn't find the answer and I just got my email for the new advanced hub so didn't think anyone had tried it yet.